MacOS Notes becomes unresponsive over time



Anyone else know why MacOS Notes becomes unresponsive if you leave it open for hours at a time?


I've been having this problem in Mojave, Catalina and now Big Sur on two different MBPs two different IDs.


Description of problem

I leave Notes open and over time (a few hours/overnight) a note will stop responding to text input, the checklist won't toggle, copy/paste will not work correctly. Sometimes if I open the note in a new window it will allow me to edit, but the note that displays in the main window is still unresponsive.


Current Solution

I have to quit out of Notes and relaunch to get it work the way its supposed to.


Don't know if this is a bug or isolated issue.


MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Dec 4, 2020 10:07 AM

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Dec 10, 2020 9:45 AM in response to morgankrane

Hello morgankrane,


It sounds like the Notes app freezes when open for a while.


You can try some isolation and troubleshooting. Here are some resources that can help:



Hope this information helps.


Have a good day.

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